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incassa Application meaxarch 1c,4 1912.- senai No; 684,529.

Be itknown t I, CHAnLEstVIHAi-rson,

.a citizen of the lnited States,,-residing at collection and removal of accumulations ofv manure and-other refuse from the gutters .oli-cowbarns.

The object ot the invention' is the provi- .sion lof etlicient 'appliances ot 4this character isv a planv view.

A.which are easy to operate. l

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichl thgnre 1 1s a side elevation, and Fig. 2

A'. machine constructed in accordance with present invention comprises a body trame -in'orlited upon vehicle wheels 6.which are 'adapted 'to track upon the bottom 7 of a 'tter '8, as customarily used at the rear ofl the stalls provided for the animals' in a.

cow'barn.' .Said body frame may bev constructedpin any suitable manner but vI preferably maltev the samecf a pair ot vertically disposed Land-parallel trusses each of which consists of horizontal upper and lower members 9 and 10, an upright post 11 therebetweenl and inclined members 12 and. 13,

"respectively connecting the 'front and rear ends of said horizontal members, asshown in Fig. 1. These trusses are spaced apart so that thcllower portion of theframe will operate in the gutter 8. The trusses areconnected by suitable transverse elements to aford rigidity to the frame.

' To the underside of the inclined members 12 is connected a plate 12 and constitutes therewith a conveyer troughwhich extends from near the bottom 7 of said gutter to a distance above the members 9. Operating within thev trough is an elevator chain 14C provided with attachments, or flights, 14 which, upon traveling in the direction indicated by arrow in Fig. 1, elevates the-refuse or manure which is' scooped into the mouth of the trough as the machine is progressively advanced. To accomplish forf .Specification of Ietters Patent.

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ward travel-oie themacliine, preferably employ a drag line 15 connected to the .nia-

vchine trame and connected. to a winding druml oi'a winch. v A .At one side oi'the gutter S is 'secured a racl'r l? which is engaged. by a pinion 17. which, in turn, is operatively'connected by a train of gear wheels'lSwith the shaft 19' 4of the sproc'nlaetwheel 19 `which carries the lower end of the elevator-f chain. The other sprockeswheel 12O for thischain has mounted vupon its shaift 20" a second sprocket wheel A202 for a. chain belt 21 which drives a shaft 22 through the medium of 4a sprocket wheel A222. The shaft 22 hasl also mounted thereon asprocketwheel 22 about which passes one end of. a chain conveyer 23. 2st represents the other -sprocket wheel for the conveyer.

The conveyer 23 is arranged-horizontally, or nearly so, and members 9.

A25 represents a vehicle body or box of less width than the distance betweenthe trusses of the aforesaid body frame or atleast of the rear port-ion thereof to enable the ve? hicle to be positioned between the `trame members 13 and below the conveyor. Means,

operates between the truss such as a hook 26 uponthe body frame, is

used upon occasion for coupling the vehicle therewith p In operating the machine the vehicle 25' is first coupled with the bodyframe, and is drawn forwardlytherewit-h by operating the winch. As the ,body-frame? and vehicle-are 'thus advanced pinion' 17 is rotated by the rack to cause the elevator 14 .to be driven and thereby effect the elevation of manure through the trough and .its discharge into the front end of thevehicle box; Meanwhile the conveyer is operating and when the manure has beenpiled of suiiicient height-'at the front end of the box, the conveyer serves to distribute the manure through the entire length ot the box and .to a uniform height.

`When thus loaded the machine is temporarily stopped and, after being iinCOupled, the vehiclel is manually pushed toward the rear and emptied of its contents. After being unloaded the vehicle is returned to the body-frame and 'upon being again lcoupled therewith the machinels/nioved forward tog-'- have the vehicle loaded, and so on. Ordinarily, the cleaning of the. gutter WUtld be done once a day unless the cows are kept continuously in the barn when sevveral cleanings would be necessary. When unemployed, the machine is moved out of the way.

p trough connecting the forward ends of said horizontalv members, an elevating chain traveling in saidtrough, and gearing between the rack and chain for operating the latter as the body frame is moved forward.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination Witha stationary rack, of a body7 frame comprising a pair of parallel trusses, an inclined trough connecting the forward ends of .said trusses, an elevating chain traveling in said trough, gearing between the rack and chain for operating the latter as the body frame is moved forward, and a horizontally-disposed conveyer chain operating simultaneously with said elevating chain.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a stationary rack, of a body frame comprising a pair of vertically disposed parallel trusses consisting of upper and lower horizontal members, an inclined trough connecting the forward ends of said horizontal members, lan elevating chain traveling in said trough, gearing between the rack and chain for operating the latter as the body frame is moved forward, a receptacle disposed beneath the upper horizontal members to receive the discharge from the elevating chain, and a conveyer chain arranged above the receptacle and 0perated simultaneously with the elevating chain.

Signed at Fall City, ll'yasli'., this 7th day i of March 1912.

@Hannes v. rmx-sijn# Witnesses:

Dassin BAXTER, N. It. HAnsinmN. 

